Spanish 'doping' case to avoid naming names
- Published: 30 Jan 2013 at 21.44
- Online news: World
A Spanish judge on Wednesday refused to demand that the suspected mastermind of one of the sporting world's biggest blood doping rackets provide the names of the athletes implicated in the scandal.
Dr Eufemiano Fuentes (L) arrives at the court house in Madrid on January 28, 2013. A Spanish judge on Wednesday refused to demand that the suspected mastermind of one of the sporting world's biggest blood doping rackets provide the names of the athletes implicated in the scandal.
The ruling in the so-called "Operation Puerto" case could avert a huge fall-out from the high-profile trial, with suspects across the drug-tarnished world of cycling and perhaps in other sports potentially at risk.
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